Code of Ethics; Police Officers; All Other Conduct; Truthfulness; Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policy and Procedures; Misconduct
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On October 6, 2024, Officer Kocen was untruthful and not fully cooperative with police officers from another agency during a domestic violence investigation, according to the record. Kocen separated from Neptune Township PD while an internal affairs matter was pending. The sustained charges included Truthfulness, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policy and Procedures, and Misconduct.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/6/2024, Officer Kocen was untruthful and not fully cooperative with police officers from another police agency during a domestic violence investigation.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 477. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩